'Everyone should read this important book' Josh Glancy Sunday Times 'One of the most important
living philosophers' Bryan Appleyard Spectator In the coming decades the technology that
enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century
world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts we will have virtual worlds that are
impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is virtual reality just escapism? In a
highly original work of 'technophilosophy' Chalmers argues categorically no: virtual reality
is genuine reality. Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life
in virtual reality - and increasingly we will. What is reality anyway? How can we lead a good
life? Is there a god? How do we know there's an external world - and how do we know we're not
living in a computer simulation? In Reality+ Chalmers conducts a grand tour of philosophy
using cutting-edge technology to provide invigorating new answers to age-old questions. Drawing
on examples from pop culture literature and film that help bring philosophical issues to life
Reality+ is a mind-bending journey through virtual worlds illuminating the nature of reality
and our place within it.
